Share of male business owners in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Share of male business owners was 96.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of male business owners in Bangladesh, 2014–2024
Source: World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026. Measured in % of total business owners.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of male business owners in Bangladesh is 96.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of male business owners in Bangladesh peaked at 96.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 90.2%, in 2014.
Bangladesh ranks 2nd of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of male business owners in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of total business owners | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 90.2% | — |
| 2015 | 91.2% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 91.7% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 93.1% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 93.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 94.0% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 94.3% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 94.8% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 95.4% | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 95.5% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 96.1% | +0.7% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 96.1% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 78.3%, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 92.2% | 90.2% | 94.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 95.2% | 94.3% | 96.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 1 Afghanistan 98.0% compare
- 3 Bahrain 94.9% compare
- 4 Tajikistan 92.2% compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 91.2% compare
More private sector data for Bangladesh
- Merchandise trade 25.8% (2025)
- Food imports 13.0% (2018)
- Manufactures imports 67.0% (2018)
- Merchandise imports 69.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 3.4% (2018)
- Manufactures exports 94.5% (2018)
- Merchandise exports 48.17 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 274.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1056 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of male business owners in Bangladesh?
- Share of male business owners in Bangladesh was 96.1% in 2024, according to World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026.
- What is the highest share of male business owners recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 96.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of male business owners recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.2% in 2014.
- How does Bangladesh rank for share of male business owners?
- Bangladesh ranks 2nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of male business owners rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank's Entrepreneurship Survey and database (https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/entrepreneurship). Downloaded on May 2, 2026, published as part of Share of male business owners (% of total business owners). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of male business is the proportion of male newly registered limited liability company owners out of the total number of newly registered limited liability company owners in the economy in the calendar year.